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    Biden Appoints Nurse to COVID-19 Advisory Board
    COVID-19

    Biden Appoints Nurse to COVID-19 Advisory Board

    Shortly after declaring victory in the 2020 president election, the Biden-Harris transition team created a bipartisan COVID-19 advisory board. Staffed by experts, the board was hailed as a science-driven committee eager to flatten the curve. However, it had one downfall: it lacked a nurse. In response to a viral petition for nurse representation, the transition team appointed Seattle, WA, nurse Jane Hopkins, RNMH, to the advisory board on November 28, 2020.

    January 06, 2021
    CDC Offers Infection Prevention Guidelines for Patients With Cancer During COVID-19
    Cancer Risk Factors

    CDC Offers Infection Prevention Guidelines for Patients With Cancer During COVID-19

    Immunocompromised patients with cancer are three times more likely to die from complications of the COVID-19 coronavirus. New resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide ideas for preventing infections like COVID-19 in patients with cancer.

    January 06, 2021
    Superhero Nurses Shine in Marvel Comic Book
    Nurse Empowerment

    Superhero Nurses Shine in Marvel Comic Book

    Wonder Woman, Superman, the Flash! Characters like those have superpowers and save people, but they are limited by fiction. Nurses are real people doing superhuman achievements every day, often with little recognition. To pay homage to the most trusted profession, Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, PA, partnered with Marvel to produce a comic book worthy of real heroes. The Vitals: True Nurse Stories (2020), includes three stories based on personal accounts from the children of nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

    January 05, 2021
    Health Care Reunites a Divided Nation
    Cancer Healthcare Advocacy

    Health Care Reunites a Divided Nation

    The November 2020 presidential election saw a historic turnout at the polls. Before election day, more than 99 million of the 240 million registered American voters had already cast their ballots, and some predicted that as many as 155 million voters would exercise their constitutional franchise to make their voices heard, a record 65% of the electorate. The distinct differences between the two major presidential candidates indicated that people were engaged and took to heart the grand idea of participatory democracy.

    December 28, 2020
    NCI Links Persistent Poverty to Increased Cancer Mortality
    Comorbidities

    NCI Links Persistent Poverty to Increased Cancer Mortality

    Where a person lives has the biggest impact on their healthcare accessibility and affordability. In a new study, researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) found strong correlation between persistent poverty and cancer mortality in the United States, NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) reported in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention. 

    December 17, 2020
    Senate Bill Addresses PPE Shortage
    Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

    Senate Bill Addresses PPE Shortage

    As the country sees dramatic spikes in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in fall 2020, political leaders are seeking to find solutions to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers on the front lines. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Protect Our Heroes Act of 2020 to increase the production of PPE and spur oversight into the supply and distribution of these necessary medical supplies. 

    December 16, 2020
    NIH Announces COVID-19 Initiative to Connect With High-Risk Patient Populations
    COVID-19

    NIH Announces COVID-19 Initiative to Connect With High-Risk Patient Populations

    The assault on science, medicine, and  research has never been stronger, flooding social media and communities with misinformation about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s new research initiative, the Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities, provides community education in the areas hit hardest by the virus.  

    December 15, 2020
    ONS Supports Bipartisan  Resolution  to Recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month
    Lung Cancer

    ONS Supports Bipartisan  Resolution  to Recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

    Lung cancer knows no state boundary or political ideology. But it can bring the two sides together, like it did when U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), member of the Senate Health Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a resolution to recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The resolution, which ONS supports, promotes the importance of and need to improve lung cancer early detection.

    December 14, 2020
    AMA, AHA, ANA Send Trump Administration Letter Encouraging Transition
    Health Policy

    AMA, AHA, ANA Send Trump Administration Letter Encouraging Transition

    The Biden transition team needs full cooperation and all critical information regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus, he American Medical Association (AMA), American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Nurses Association (ANA) said in a November 2020 letter to the Trump administration.  

    December 11, 2020
    FDA Offers Guidance to Enhance Diversity in Clinical Trials
    Cultural Competency

    FDA Offers Guidance to Enhance Diversity in Clinical Trials

    The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to smother the United States, and nationwide efforts to flatten the curve aren’t lowering cases or preventing deaths. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, MD, an oncologist by training and profession, addressed the actions needed to combat COVID-19. One in particular is ensuring that clinical trials accurately reflect diverse populations.

    December 02, 2020
    Smoking Initiation Declines in Teens, Rises in Young Adults
    Lung Cancer

    Smoking Initiation Declines in Teens, Rises in Young Adults

    The average age at which cigarette users start to smoke regularly has risen. Although the figures dropped from 45% of adults smoking cigarettes in the 1960s to 14% today, and teen smoking declined to 2.4% by 2019, results of a recent study show an upward trend of underage tobacco use in young adults.  

    December 01, 2020
    NIH Turns 80, Shares FDR’s Timeless Message
    Health Policy

    NIH Turns 80, Shares FDR’s Timeless Message

    October 31, 2020, marked an important milestone in American public health: the 80th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s dedication of the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. 

    November 30, 2020
    Nurses Account for Largest Group of Healthcare Providers With COVID-19 Infections
    COVID-19

    Nurses Account for Largest Group of Healthcare Providers With COVID-19 Infections

    Nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic are at greater risk of infection than other clinicians, according to the COVID-19 Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Nurse-related occupations, including nurses and certified nursing assistants, represent the largest proportion (36%) of healthcare providers hospitalized with COVID-19. The national survey brought to light what many nurses may have already known: nursing as a profession bears the brunt of the pandemic.

    November 27, 2020
    What Florence Nightingale Taught Us About Advocacy
    Cancer Healthcare Advocacy

    What Florence Nightingale Taught Us About Advocacy

    Many of her famous quotes reveal a dedication to advocacy as well. Here’s what the most well-known pioneer of nursing taught us about raising your voice for what’s right—in health care and policymaking.

    November 19, 2020
    Nurse Legislator’s Healthcare Affordability Act Included in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act
    Patient Advocacy

    Nurse Legislator’s Healthcare Affordability Act Included in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

    Legislation aimed at reducing health care insurance premiums, introduced by U.S. Representative Lauren A. Underwood (D-IL), is included as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.

    November 11, 2020
    Nurses Can Access $85.3 Million of HHS Workforce Funding Awards
    Nurse Empowerment

    Nurses Can Access $85.3 Million of HHS Workforce Funding Awards

    Up to $85.3 million of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’s) $107.2 million in funding awards is earmarked for nurses. The agency bestowed the awards in June 2020 to 310 recipients across 45 states and U.S. territories to increase the healthcare workforce in rural and underserved communities.

    November 10, 2020
    Cures 2.0 Act Would Expand on the Successes of 21st Century Cures Legislation
    Cancer Health Policy

    Cures 2.0 Act Would Expand on the Successes of 21st Century Cures Legislation

    Building on the success of the 21st Century Cures Act passed in 2016, U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have begun work on the follow-up Cures 2.0 Act, intended to “safely and efficiently modernize the delivery of health care in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,” the representatives said in a press release.

    November 09, 2020
    Resource Helps Explain the Potential Dangers of E-Cigarettes to Providers and Patients
    Lung Cancer

    Resource Helps Explain the Potential Dangers of E-Cigarettes to Providers and Patients

    E-cigarettes are dangerous and their risks outweigh any potential smoking-cessation benefits, the U.S. Government Accountability Office explained in a new two-page resource that analyzes the science and technology behind the devices.

    November 06, 2020
    NCI Appoints New Director for Office of Cancer Survivorship
    Survivorship

    NCI Appoints New Director for Office of Cancer Survivorship

    Until recently, past ONS President Deborah Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN®, FAAN, served as interim director of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) Office of Cancer Survivorship, a part of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. As an oncology nurse, Mayer brought a special perspective to the office’s mission to better understand and meet the unique needs of the growing number of U.S. cancer survivors.

    October 29, 2020
    CMS Proposes Amendments to Telehealth, Preventive Care, and Staffing Concerns Amid COVID-19
    COVID-19

    CMS Proposes Amendments to Telehealth, Preventive Care, and Staffing Concerns Amid COVID-19

    During a global pandemic that requires social distancing, telehealth has suddenly become routine. Seeing an opportunity, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is breaking down barriers, enhancing patient-centered care, and bolstering the healthcare workforce with a series of regulations, with telehealth topping the list.

    October 28, 2020
    HHS Responds to Drop in Pediatric Vaccines Because of Stay-at-Home Orders
    COVID-19

    HHS Responds to Drop in Pediatric Vaccines Because of Stay-at-Home Orders

    As families follow public health recommendations to stay at home, many have missed routine vaccinations. In response to lower vaccination rates, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an amendment to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to encourage vaccinations and safeguard children at risk for life-threatening diseases.

    October 27, 2020
    New NINR Director Celebrates Health Equity and Diverse Nursing Roles
    Oncology Nursing Roles

    New NINR Director Celebrates Health Equity and Diverse Nursing Roles

    Patients throughout the United States still face persistent inequities across the healthcare continuum because of social determinants of health and inequity in research, Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) recognized.

    October 26, 2020
    100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Reminds Us of the Power of Our Vote
    Oncology Nurse Influence

    100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Reminds Us of the Power of Our Vote

    The revolutionary declaration written 244 years ago, proclaiming that “all men are created equal,” maintains that a true democracy must be based on an individual’s right to vote and the freedom to exercise that power at the ballot box. Since 1998, women voters have embodied that concept, achieving a majority vote with higher rates than men. Of registered women voters, 55% went to the polls in 2018, compared to only 51% of registered men. Yet today women account for only 23.2% of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 26% of the U.S. Senate.

    October 08, 2020
    Nurses Have a Critical Role in Responding to COVID-19, NAM Says
    COVID-19

    Nurses Have a Critical Role in Responding to COVID-19, NAM Says

    Nursing’s role in health equity, public health emergencies, and COVID-19 is a critical issue for updates to its Future of Nursing 2020–2030 report study, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) said during a webinar on August 20, 2020, that sought public input on nurses’ roles in responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

    September 24, 2020
    CDC’s Virtual Simulation Guides Patients With Prostate Cancer From Screening to Treatment
    Prostate Cancer

    CDC’s Virtual Simulation Guides Patients With Prostate Cancer From Screening to Treatment

    Nurses can now navigate patients with prostate cancer to a virtual simulation for guidance on all aspects of the disease, from screening to treatment. Plus, providers can interact with Nathan, the simulation avatar, in a clinical encounter to help improve their consultation skills when discussing screening and treatment decisions with men. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this resource after launching its popular simulation for patients with breast cancer.

    September 23, 2020
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    Alec Stone MA, MPA, Former ONS Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy

    Alec Stone served as the ONS director of government affairs and advocacy from September 2010–September 2023.
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